Challenge West Virginia

November 20, 2018

Challenge West Virginia is a statewide organization of parents, educators and other West Virginians committed to maintaining and improving small community schools. Our goal is to reform education in the Mountain State so that citizens have a voice in policy decisions and every child has the opportunity to receive a first-class education and the promise of a bright future.

About one-third of West Virginia’s college freshmen will have to sign up for a remedial class, according to the state’s Higher Education Policy Commission.

Last fall 5,700 state high school graduates were enrolled in catch-up classes at West Virginia colleges.

The Higher Education Policy Commission says the courses are necessary for students who are unprepared for basic college subjects such as English and math.

Colleges use standardized test scores to place students in core classes that are required for graduation, says the Commission, with students who fall below that score required to take the catch-up class.